This is a great lesson. It combines two of the three techniques I'm working on at the moment; speed picking and legato (the third one is sweep/arpeggios). It sounds very melodic. I also like the different rhythms, it forces me to use the metronome to get the right timing (something I have to force myself to do). Much appreciated, keep it up.

Boris

Btw, I like your sound a lot. You get heavy sustain without all that distortion fuzz. Can you tell me your setup (amp/effects and their settings). Thanks.

@EatSleepAndJam - Any pattern can be moved up and down the fretboard to get the same scale in a different key

@Ryan - A mode of a scale is just like a scale with a different formula. For any scale you have a number of patterns you can use, so each mode has many patterns (since it is just like any other scale).

So theres just one pattern for each mode?? Or many like the pentatonic scale??

QUOTE (Eat-Sleep-andJam @ Jun 23 2007, 05:45 PM)

Great lesson. Im not very familiar with this scale. Can It be moved throughout the fretboard?-John

Let me try to answer your question....As you might know, the Major scale has 7 notes. Each notes of the major scale can be the starting note of a new scale (the 7 modes)

IonianDorianPhrygianLydianMixolydianAeolian (natural minor)Locrian

The same exact principle can be applied to the harmonic minor scale, which is an aeolian mode with a major seventh. Starting the harmonic minor scale from each of its 7 notes gives us 7 new modes different than the major modes discussed above.

The Phrygian dominant scale is the 5th mode of a harmonic minor scale. That means that is you play a harmonic minor scale and play it starting off of its 5th note, you'll get a Phrygian dominant scale.

Now each positions of mode can be moved up or down the fret to change its key.

There can be many different positions for a same mode. That is because unlike for the piano, you can play a same note on different frets. In this lesson, I chose to give you a position that would have 3 notes on each string to simplify speed picking runs.

I know modes are confusing. But if you practice them seriously and make an effort to understand how they work, you will get it and a whole new world will open up to you.

I hope this helps a little and I will be happy to answer any other questions for you.

FretDancer69: I cannot recommend GuitarPro enough. For the exact reason you just mentioned. The ASCI tabs pretty much suck, all the time. The is no note timing, or nothing. Just string and fret position. Since I got it, I'm a GuitarPro addict. I cant say enough about it. You can play back the music in perfect timing. You can stop and replay one bar (or more) over and over, until you get it just right. The composition tools are very intuitive and easy to use. One of my favorite things to do with it is, if is see a piece in a magazine or online, that I think looks good, I'll copy it in to GuitarPro and let it play it for me. For $59 US you cannot go wrong. I highly recommend it.

This lesson is great (just what i wanted to learn), but i cant lower the tempo on the guitar pro tab. Everytime i click on the quarter note (on top) and change the tempo to 50 bpm the tempo still continues to stay at 120.

Today we'll take a look at the Phrygian Dominant scale. When a scale is Dominant, it means that it has a major third and a minor seventh. That means that a Phrygian dominant scale is a phrygian mode with a major third.

This scale has a nice eastern flavor and works very well in a Metal context. Use it to spice things up between pentatomnic and straight natural minor licks.

Make sure you learn the scale before you learn the licks and as always, try to develop your own ideas.